Public Health

White Heterosexual Women 2X As Likely To Get Fertility Treatments

Heterosexual white women in America were twice as likely as racial or sexual minority women to obtain medical help to get pregnant, according to an analysis of surveys from 2002 and 2006. Will political involvement in health care coverage make the differe ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2014 - 9:51am

Two Vaccines Cut Spread Of Meningitis Up To 40 Percent

Two new vaccines can prevent the transmission of meningitis from person to person by reducing 'carriage' of the responsible bacteria in the nose and throats of the population. Meningitis can be a devastating condition. The most common causes of ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2014 - 7:30pm

Common Antibiotic Clarithromycin Linked With Heart Deaths

The antibiotic clarithromycin is widely used for treating common bacterial infections and has been linked to an increased risk of heart deaths by a study on BMJ. The absolute risk is small and prescribing practice should not be changed until results have ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2014 - 9:16pm

Medicaid Reimbursements: The More Doctors Get Paid, The More Likely They Do Cancer Screening

Cancer screening is one of the controversial aspects of health care; America has long had a 'defensive medicine' problem, where in some cases doctors and hospitals run many unnecessary tests to check off the boxes so that if something does go wro ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2014 - 11:30pm

Futile ICU Care Prevents Other Patients From Getting Treatment

In a bygone era, doctors thought every life was important. Treatment was aggressive and persistent in intensive care units even when it might be futile.  In the 21st century world, resources are the first consideration, and there are plenty of ideas about ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 10:45am

Risk Factors For Urinary Tract Infections In Young Girls

Young girls with an intense, red, itchy rash on their outer genital organs- vulvitis- may be at increased risk of developing urinary tract infections, according to new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.  Vulvitis is not a disease, but rathe ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 2:02pm

Discharged Without Diagnosis When Health Care Is Free

Chest pain, breathing difficulties, fainting. Each year approximately 25 percent of patients admitted to medical departments with symptoms of serious illness are sent home again without receiving a diagnosis of the severe symptoms that led to their hospit ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2014 - 12:00pm

Stats and Consequences of College Ecstasy and Molly Use

According to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 16 million people have used ecstasy at some point in their life, and during the 2012 year, 869,000 people used ecstasy for the first time, far higher than the number of new LSD and PCP use ...

Blog Post - Richard Taite - Aug 22 2014 - 9:47am

Me, Myself And I Yii Yii...At Least It's Not Toads

You know, medicine is not an exact science, but we are learning all the time. Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like your daughter's was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Isabelle is suffering from ...

Blog Post - Norm Benson - Aug 25 2014 - 10:59pm

Food Science Facts And Myths: Is MSG Bad For You?

Long before wheat and sugar, a popular craze against salt swept America. The salt in this case was the popular flavor enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG), common in Chinese food, soups and meats.  Glutamic acid is also naturally present in our bodies. It ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2014 - 10:19am